Armour Dreams

[Jonathan Moore]

Recently I have been concentrating on the wiring, a bit odd you may think as there are more pressing jobs with the drive etc but I needed something that wasn't complicated and that I could dip in and out of. I am glad that I did, as there were a lot of holes to drill, clips to make and trunking to run and head scratching to do.

There is a section of flexible trunking that runs in front of the driver, around the peddle area. I had thought that it was part of the wiring but I am now not so sure, as I have identified the wiring route and it doesn't use that section of trunking. However I have used it to run the gearbox kickdown switch wiring in, as it runs in the adjacent area.

The wiring is now complete and tested but I have made use of a lot more flexible trunking than the original. All the wires in the original appear to be black, I have used colour coded wires but where they can be seen I have jointed onto black extensions. I have left the wires long enough so that they can be pulled out of the end of the trunking so that the various colours can be identified as they join the black ends.

The interior of the hull contains light sockets for the magnetic work light as well as adjustable station lights. So far, I have been able to identify the location of two sockets, one by the driver and one in the turret and two station lights, one in the turret and one by the radio operators position. I would have expected to find three of each so I will keep on looking.

[Jonathan Moore]

I posted a question on another forum with refence to the station lights and amazingly one of the various styles is still produced, but for an automotive application.

[Jonathan Moore]

The work light sockets I had to make.

[Jonathan Moore]

The sockets are standard DIN sockets pressed into the housing but the spade connections had to be altered.

[Jonathan Moore]

A member of the another forum asked if he could visit to see the tank for himself, so I thought as the next job is to modify and fix the gear shift lever in place which would require the installation of the drivers controls to ensure there are no problems I may as well assemble the drivers area as far as I can.

The rear light bolted in place.

And to end, a Christmas style picture of the magnetic work light, plugged in and working.

That's all folks, have a good Christmas.

Jon

[Mike Cecil]

Jonathan,

Fantastic job.

You deserve that well-earned R&R break over Christmas.

Mike

[James P]

Originally Posted by Jonathan Moore

The work light sockets I had to make.

The steckdose is still available (this one is on the high side) but that is a nice copy you produced.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Bosch-Steckd...EAAOSwkeZdncCq

[Jonathan Moore]

Afternoon James,

I had seen them but compared to the pictures of ww2 items, they appear too refined, plus of course the cost factor. Apart from the cost of the DIN plug and socket, mine cost very little to make.

Thanks for taking the time to reply,

Jon

[Jonathan Moore]

Evening All,

The gear shift lever is now attached to the chassis and connected to the gearbox, it all seems to operate smoothly.

[Jonathan Moore]

The next question was what to do with the shift lever knob either the original Jaguar sports look, a furry bunnies head or something more Germanic, obviously the bunnies head won, not really.

Two images from surviving tanks , the knob on the right hand image is not, as far as I can ascertain, original